Carpal tunnel release waiting time at Western Hospital [Footscray]

Median wait, long waits and volumes for Carpal tunnel release at this public hospital, with the nearest alternatives that published a figure.

Reference period 2024–25 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025) · released 28 May 2026

Median wait: 93 days2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Surgeries completed: 14 surgeries2024–25 · released 28 May 2026
Waited more than 365 days: not published2024–25 · released 28 May 2026 — Reported data did not meet the criteria to calculate this indicator.

Half the people who had this surgery here waited less than the median, and half waited longer. Of the 160 public hospitals that published a median wait for this surgery in 2024–25, this one sits at 111 when they are ordered from shortest median to longest. Hospitals with the same median share a rank.

How this compares

Median wait, long waits and volume for Carpal tunnel release, 2024–25.
Where	Median wait	Waited more than 365 days	Surgeries
Western Hospital [Footscray]	93 days	not published	14 surgeries
Victoria (all public hospitals)	53 days	3.5%	2456 surgeries
Australia (all public hospitals)	71 days	5.2%	9994 surgeries

Where the wait is shorter nearby

Bars show the median wait in days. The vertical line at 71 days marks the national median.

Royal Melbourne Hospital [City Campus]VIC · about 6 km away57 days
Sunshine HospitalVIC · about 7 km away482 days
St Vincent's Hospital [Melbourne]VIC · about 8 km away67 days
Williamstown HospitalVIC · about 8 km away50 days
St Vincent's On the ParkVIC · about 8 km away28 days
The AlfredVIC · about 10 km away49 days
Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital [Heidelberg West]VIC · about 15 km away138 days
Austin Hospital [Heidelberg]VIC · about 16 km away100 days

Distances are straight-line, measured between hospital locations, and are approximate. The search covered 250 km.

How the wait has changed

Western Hospital [Footscray]
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View these numbers as a table

Median wait in days for Carpal tunnel release, by financial year. Every figure was released on 2026-05-28.
Reference period	Western Hospital [Footscray] (days)	VIC (days)	Australia (days)
2016–17	57	42	56
2017–18	77	45	61
2018–19	59	41	62
2019–20	55	52	70
2020–21	156	87	80
2021–22	71	85	82
2022–23	146	80	83
2023–24	204	54	72
2024–25	93	53	71

What is not here

Public hospitals only. Private hospitals do not report to this collection, so their waiting times cannot be compared here.

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